or for supplemental appropriations to prior fiscal years
contained within the General Appropriation Bill and shall also
apply to any non-preferred appropriation bill for the same
fiscal year. The House of Representatives shall not vote on
final passage or concurrence bills which exceed the Taxpayers
Bill of Rights (TABOR) limits on total Commonwealth expenditures
of its constitutional operating budget. TABOR shall be
calculated by the House Appropriations Committees as total
spending by the Commonwealth that does not exceed the spending
limit in any fiscal year. The spending limit for any fiscal year
shall be equal to the spending during the immediately prior
fiscal year, adjusted by the sum of:
(1) The average of the percentage change in the annual
United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U), as reported by the United States Department of
Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, for each of the
immediately preceding three calendar years.
(2) The average of the percentage change in the resident
population in this Commonwealth, as reported by the United
States Census Bureau for July 1 of each year, for the
immediately preceding three calendar years.
The House Appropriations Committee shall certify bills as
TABOR compliant prior to their final passage or concurrence.
Any bill which is not certified as TABOR compliant shall not be
voted on final passage or concurrence in the House of
Representatives.
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